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Wallpaper fragment. Landscape figure pattern with four alternating Turkish scenes. Scenes are separated by a pendant motif and stripes with small, stylized flowers. Printed in grisaille, including two greys, dark grey-brown and white on a light grey ground.
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Wallpaper
114...
Salmond House, Bedroom
1676
Unknown
France
83 x 28 5/8 (HxW) (inches)
1973.102A
"Wallpaper in New England," fig. 26.1, pgs. 118-120
1820-1830 (1810 - date house was built)
France
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1973.102b
Title Wallpaper Accession Number 1973.102c
Block Printed
Wall Fragment
Grey
Original
Handmade
Sidewall/Fill
Turkish, exoticism
Laid
Paper
Turkish landscape
palm trees
men and women
pendants
stripes
Landscape figure
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